In the 50 years since the musical’s debut, revivals and concerts have served its great songs to great stars. Who’d be our Broadway babies 25…
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Her Book Is About Belonging. She’s Struggling With the Idea.
Sanjena Sathian’s debut novel, “Gold Diggers,” has already landed a TV deal with Mindy Kaling, but success is something both she and her characters grapple…
View More Her Book Is About Belonging. She’s Struggling With the Idea.3 Picture Books Get the Royal Treatment
Leo Timmers, Mylo Freeman and Klaas Verplancke take us inside the minds of two loony kings and a once blue princess.Leo Timmers, Mylo Freeman and…
View More 3 Picture Books Get the Royal TreatmentHunter Biden’s Memoir: 7 Takeaways From ‘Beautiful Things’
President Biden’s son opens up about crack addiction, his romantic relationship with his sister-in-law and the new love that halted his cycle of despair.President Biden’s…
View More Hunter Biden’s Memoir: 7 Takeaways From ‘Beautiful Things’Robert Hershon, Artful Poet Who Published Poets, Dies at 84
He was a founder of Hanging Loose Press, which started as a loose-page poetry journal and became a book publisher as well.He was a founder…
View More Robert Hershon, Artful Poet Who Published Poets, Dies at 84Elena Malagodi Dies at 84; Dedicated Her Last Years to Senegal
Ms. Malagodi escaped the Nazis, married a famous Cuban sculptor and an Italian politician, then devoted her life to helping children and mothers in Senegal.…
View More Elena Malagodi Dies at 84; Dedicated Her Last Years to SenegalJoan Walsh Anglund, 95, Dies; Her Children’s Books Touched Millions
Her first in a prolific career, “A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You,” was a phenomenon. And her illustrations capturing childhood became a cottage industry.Her…
View More Joan Walsh Anglund, 95, Dies; Her Children’s Books Touched Millions‘Listening Party’ Review: Can Songs Heal a Brotherly Divide?
In “The Jackson C. Frank Listening Party w/ Special Guests,” the musician is simultaneously central and peripheral to the story.In “The Jackson C. Frank Listening…
View More ‘Listening Party’ Review: Can Songs Heal a Brotherly Divide?‘Game of Thrones’ Aims for Broadway
A stage adaptation is in the works for Broadway, the West End and Australia. The goal is a 2023 debut.A stage adaptation is in the…
View More ‘Game of Thrones’ Aims for BroadwayFreddie Redd, Jazz Pianist and Composer, Is Dead at 92
He was best known for writing the music for “The Connection,” an Off Broadway play that depicted the lives of heroin-addicted musicians in New York.He…
View More Freddie Redd, Jazz Pianist and Composer, Is Dead at 92